Sacred Site Resources

"Our sacred lands are all that remain keeping us connected to our place on Mother Earth, to our spirituality, our heritage and our lands; what’s left of them. If they take it all away, what will remain except a vague memory of a past so forgotten?"

Government Resources

NAGPRA

David Tarlar

1-202-354-2108 or e-mail at David_Tarler@nps.gov

FBI Arts Crime Team

Bonnie Gardiner

1-202-324-6668 or e-mail at Bmagnoss@leo,gov

Resources

Consulting with Indian Tribes in the Section 106 Review Process

http://www.achp.gov/regs-tribes.html

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
http://www.achp.gov

FBI Arts Crime Team

To report a crime, looting, remains on display or desecration of sacred sites

Federal Bureau of Investigation Art Theft Program

Background information and detailed reports on aspects of the work being done by the Department of the Interior in the Kennewick Man case.

Kennewick Man Documents

NDN News

www.NDNnews.com

NAGPRA Law, Regulations, and Guidance
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/MANDATES/INDEX.HTM

NAGPRA

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/

NAGPRA by State

www.arrowheads.com/burials.htm

National Park Service Tribal Preservation Programs
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/tribal/

National Register of Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/

National Trust for Historical preservation

http://www.nationaltrust.org/

NPS National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Clearinghouse for Preservation Internet Resources
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/pir/

Preservation Organizations

http://www.arrowheads.com/shpolist.html#Other%20preservation%20organizations

State Historic Preservation Officers

http://www.arrowheads.com/shpolist.html#ga

Tribal preservation Officers Listing

http://grants.cr.nps.gov/thpo/tribaloffices.cfm

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), passed in 1969, calls for the federal government to invite the participation of any affected Native American tribe in the environmental review process.

The Archeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), passed in 1979, requires federal agencies to consult with tribal authorities before permitting archeological excavations on tribal lands. It also mandates the confidentially of information concerning the nature and location of archeological resources, including tribal archeological resources.

The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended in 1992, enhanced Native American tribal roles in historic preservation and created the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) program. Federal agency obligation to consult with Native American tribal governments under Section 106 of NHPA is described here.